[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMAT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Earthquakes have a history of predominantly occurring along plate boundaries; however, there have been notable exceptions -- the occurrence of earthquakes in supposedly...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Geodetic and geological data for crustal deformation are significantly different in many places. This discrepancy may indicate different strain rates in the geological past...

The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) in central United States is a good example of intraplate seismicity, which cannot be readily explained by the plate tectonics theory and remains poorly understood. I have developed a 3D ...